01of 06L’Oréal Paris Colour Riche LipcolourL’OréalAndrea Lavinthal, Style + Beauty Director:My preferred lipstick color is no color. Not clear, but a beige-y-pink that can best be described as “Silly Putty.” For years, makeup artists have been trying to get me to try something — anything — else, but I’ve stubbornly stuck to my minimalist guns. That is, until I sawa photo of Andie MacDowell at the Cannes Film Festivallooking even more radiant than usual in a bold reddish-pink lip color that popped againsther gorgeous grey curls. I tracked down the shade and am excited to swipe it on and break my decades-long nude streak.Buy It!L’Oréal Paris Colour Riche Lipcolour in Classic Wine, $9;amazon.com
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L’Oréal Paris Colour Riche Lipcolour
L’Oréal

Andrea Lavinthal, Style + Beauty Director:My preferred lipstick color is no color. Not clear, but a beige-y-pink that can best be described as “Silly Putty.” For years, makeup artists have been trying to get me to try something — anything — else, but I’ve stubbornly stuck to my minimalist guns. That is, until I sawa photo of Andie MacDowell at the Cannes Film Festivallooking even more radiant than usual in a bold reddish-pink lip color that popped againsther gorgeous grey curls. I tracked down the shade and am excited to swipe it on and break my decades-long nude streak.
Buy It!L’Oréal Paris Colour Riche Lipcolour in Classic Wine, $9;amazon.com
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Fenty Beauty Mattemoiselle Plus Matte Lipstick
National Lipstick Day Eds' Picks Gallery

Buy It!Fenty Beauty Mattemoiselle Plus Matte Lipsticks, $18 each;fentybeauty.com
03of 06Ilia Balmy Tint Hydrating Lip BalmNational Lipstick Day Eds' Picks GalleryAlex Apatoff, Digital Lifestyle Director:This job has many perks. One is that I can sendthis photo of two of the prettiest lip colors I’ve ever seento Jackie Fields and say “I MUST KNOW WHAT SHADES THESE ARE SO I CAN OWN THEM.” And now that I do, I can confirm: They are just as creamy, hydrating and buildable as they look in that photo. Andthe clean ingredientsare just as hype-worthy as the shades themselves. I’m getting a couple to put in all my purses.Buy It!Ilia Balmy Tint Hydrating Lip Balm inMemoirandWanderlust, $28 each;iliabeauty.com
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Ilia Balmy Tint Hydrating Lip Balm

Alex Apatoff, Digital Lifestyle Director:This job has many perks. One is that I can sendthis photo of two of the prettiest lip colors I’ve ever seento Jackie Fields and say “I MUST KNOW WHAT SHADES THESE ARE SO I CAN OWN THEM.” And now that I do, I can confirm: They are just as creamy, hydrating and buildable as they look in that photo. Andthe clean ingredientsare just as hype-worthy as the shades themselves. I’m getting a couple to put in all my purses.
Buy It!Ilia Balmy Tint Hydrating Lip Balm inMemoirandWanderlust, $28 each;iliabeauty.com
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Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Lipstick

Buy It!Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Lipstick in Pillow Talk Medium, $34;charlottetilbury.com
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Clé de Peau Beauté Lipstick

Buy It!Clé de Peau Beautè Lipstick in Bamboo, $65;saksfifthavenue.com
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Pat McGrath Labs MatteTrance Lipstick

Buy It!Pat McGrath Labs MatteTrance Lipstick in Divine Rose, $38;sephora.com
source: people.com